Horse-releaser.



'P. THIELEN.

HORSE RELEASBR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1908.

934,476, Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

Inventor PAUL THIELEN, OF KEWANEE, ILLINOIS.

HORSE-aanneemt.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 21, 1909.

Application tiled August 28, 1908. Serial N o. 450,688.

To all 'whom it'may concer/n:

Be it known that I, PAUL THIELEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kewanee, in the county of Henry, State of llllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Releasers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

, This invention relates to horse releasing devices whereby horses may be instantly released from the vehicle in event of becoming unruly or attempting to run away, and has for one of its objects to produce a simply constructed device of this character whereby the traces and the collar connections may be simultaneously disconnected by oneiaction.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists generallyein a plurality of oscillating plates connected respectively to the double-tree and the swingle-trees, a trace -engaging means at the terminal `of each swingle-tree, a bolt slidably engaging each trace engaging means, a yoke member at the forward terminal of the draft tonoue, collar engaging means at the terminals of the yoke member, a bolt slidably engaging each colc lar engaging i'neans, connecting means between said yoke member bolts and the oscillating late of the double-tree, connecting means etween the bolts of the swingletrees and the oscillating plates thereof, connecting means between the oscillating plates of the swingle-trees and the oscillating plate ofthe double-tree, and means operating from the vehicle for actuating the plates of the double-tree, whereby the various bolts are simultaneously withdrawn and the collar coupling means and the traces released by one operation.

The invention further consists in certain novel features of construction as hereafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims and in the drawings illustrating the preferred 7embodiment of the invention.

Figlire 1 is a plan View of a dra-ft tongue and the draft appliances with the improved devices applied. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fi 3 is a plan view from beneath, enlarge of the yoke portion of the device. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail, enlarged,

lof one of the Whittie-tree ends, illustrating p the construction of the trace-holding devices.

The improved device comprises a draft tongue 10 having a double-tree l1 and swingle-trees 12 and with a yoke member 14 arranged transversely at the forward end.

rlhe yoke member is provided with spaced ears 15--16 at the ends to receive bolts 17--18 to receive the chains 19-20 extending from the collars of the horses and through which the bolts extend, to couple the collar to the yoke member, as shown. The collars are not shown as they form no part of the present invention.

The swingle-trees 12 are each provided at each end with a socket 21' to receive the apertured rear ends of traces represented at 22, and each socket is also provided with a bolt 23 to secure the trace in the socket.

Each bolt is provided with a spring 24 to maintain it yieldably in projected position, and each bolt is likewise provided with a lateral arm 25 operating in a slot 2G` in the socket.

The double-tree 11 is ivotally connected to the tongue by a bolt 2 and connected to this bolt and swinging therewith is a disk 28, the disk located between the double-tree and the tongue. while another similar Idisk 29 is connected io the bolt 27 beneath the tongue 10, as shown in Fig. 2.

The swingle -trees 12 are swinging-ly coupled to the double-tree 11 at its ends by bolts 30, and connected toeach bolt 30 between the swingle-trees and the double-tree is a disk 31, and likewise connected to each bolt 3() beneath the double-tree at each end is a disk 32.

The disks 28 and`31 are provided with bearing hubs upon opposite sides, the hubs of the disk 2S bearing above the tongue and beneath the double-tree, while the hubs of the disks-31 bear against the adjacent surfaces of the double-tree and the swingle tree'. The disks 29 and 32 are each provided with a bearing hub operating against the under surface respectively of the tongue and the double-tree, asshown. By this means the various parts are retained in their proper relative posltions.

Pivoted at 33-34 beneath the yoke member 14 are two short lever arms 35-36.

the inner ends of the lever arms connected by a rod or link 37 to a rod 3S,.the latter in turn leading rearwardly beneath the tongue v vious that when the disk 29 is oscillated the member 38 will be correspondingly operated and thus withdraw the bolt 17-18 from the ears15-16 of the yoke and release thecollar connections, as hereafter explained.

Coupled to opposite sides of the disk 28 are pull rods 42, the latter connected at their ends respectively to the disks 32, while pull rods 43 are similarly coupled between the offsets 25 of the bolts 23 -and the disks 31, as shown.

Leading rearwardly from the disk 29 is a pull rod 44,the latter leading in any suitable manner to a point convenient to the seat 4of the driver upon the vehicle. l

By. this arrangement it will be obvious that the springs 24 of the bolts 23 will hold the various bolts yieldably lin coupled relation to the collars and to theI traces. The

.springs 24 by bearing vagainst the arms 25 are likewise retained in locked position bythe operation of the springs.

By this arrangement as long 4as the draft animal is acting normallythe draft appliances-.will

remaln intact but in event of any attempt.

of the' animal or animals to run away or in eventof their becomlng unruly, the driver by simply actuating the pull rod 44 will cause the oscillation of the disks 29 and the latter being coupled to the bolts '1.7-18 causes the release of the same and the imcoupling of the collar, while at the same time .thevdisk 29 being connected to the bolt 27 causes the corresponding oscillation Iof the disks 28 and32, andthe latter being coupled to the bolts 30 causes the vcorresponding oscillation of the disks 31 and the operation of the bolts 23 and the release of the traces, the traces and the collar connections being simultaneously released. The draft animals are thus instantly and entirely released While the details of lconstruction shown" illustrate the preferred embodiment of the invention it will be obvious that changes may be made in the construction within the scope of the appended claims without 'departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificinF any -of its advantages.

What is c aimed, is

1. In a device of" the class described, the combination of a draft tongue, a doubletree, and swingle-trees, a pin rotative Ythroughthe tongue and doubletree, pins rotative through the doubletree and swingletrees, a disk having a bearing hub bearing beneath the tongue and rigidl connected to the pin thereof, a disk rigid y connected to the pin of the tongue above fthe, tongue and provided with bearing hubs above and i below the same and bearing respectively above and below the tongue and doubletree, disks located beneath the doubletree at the ends thereof and rigidly connected to the pins of the doubletree and with hubs bear i ing beneath the doubletree, disks located above the doubletree and rigidly connected to the pins thereof and with hubs bearing res ectively above and below the doublet-ree anA swingle-trees, trace securing means carried by said yswingletrees, coupling means between thek trace securing means and the ldisks above the double-tree, couplingl means between the disks below the doubletree and the' disk above the ton means applied to the dis below the tongue.-

l2. In a device of the class described, thel combination of a draft appliance, a swingletree, a pin rotative through the draft `ap` pliance and the swingle-tree, a disk located between the draft appliance and the swingletree and ri idly connected tovsaid pin, said disk provi ed with hubs bearing above the draft appliance and beneath the swingle-tree, a disk locatedl beneath the draft appliance and connected rigidly to said pin and providedwith a hub bearing beneath the draftl appliance, trace securing means carried by said swingle-tree, coupling means between the trace securing means and the disk above the draft appliance, and 'operating means connected to the disk below the draft appliance.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL THIELEN.

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